Religion: The Catholics Leave

British Protestants. Catholics and Jews hardly knew what to make of the
uncomfortable news: the Vatican had ordered Britain's Roman Catholics
to quit the Council of Christians and Jews.

To many it seemed like quitting the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. The council is pledged, like its counterparts in
the U.S. and elsewhere, "to combat all forms of religious and
racial intolerance, to promote mutual understanding and good will
between Christians and Jews." Queen Elizabeth is the council's
patron, and among its five joint presidents have been the Archbishop of
Canterbury. Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie of the United Synagogue...